water fountain
English
Noun
water fountain (plural water fountains)
- A mechanical device designed to dispense small quantities of drinking water, usually in a public place such as a school or office.
- 2020 March 11, “Network News: Water fountains cut plastic waste”, in Rail, page 23:
- Network Rail says the introduction of free water fountains at its managed stations has helped to save the equivalent of three million plastic bottles from entering landfill.
Synonyms
- drinking fountain
- bubbler (dialectal)
Translations
device designed to dispense drinking water
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References
- “water fountain”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Map of “bubbler, drinking fountain, water fountain” usage in the United States, Harvard Dialect Survey, Bert Vaux